Baglan

INFORMATION

Font ID: 12266BAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Catherine [the medieval church was dedicated St. Baglan burned down in 1954]
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, in the W end, N side
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Catharine%27s_Church,_Baglan
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine]
Church Address: Church Rd, Baglan, Port Talbot SA12 8SS, United Kingdom
Site Location: Swansea, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just N of Port Talbot, in SW Wales
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Swansea and Brecon
Historical Region: formerly West Glamorgan
Additional Comments: disused font / replaced font: the old (Norman?) font replaced by the High Vict job
Font Notes:
The BBC Homepage Wales Home [www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/sites/local_history/pages/st_catharines_church.shtml] [accessed 11 October 2006] notes: "The general design of the font is similar [to that of the pulpit], stone inset with alabaster, supported by marble columns, with panels of symbolic design", obviously a description of the High Victorian baptismal font in this church; but the same source notes also: "At the west end of the church, in the north corner is what appears to be an old stone font -- possibly Norman." [NB: this may be the old font from the medieval church of St. Baglan, in this same place; it burned down in 1954]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone